A two-week reflection on the effects of development on the trees and people in East Austin

April 18 to 30, 2009

Space12

3121 12th Street

“Muntu” is a word that means both tree and person.

What is happening to the muntu of East Austin amidst the city’s changing cultural and geographical landscape?

This multimedia exhibit offers the entire Austin community a time and space for shared reflection on this and related questions, for conversations of all kinds, in diverse media:

performance, poetry, storytelling, sculpture, music, essays, photography, and good old-fashioned talk.

Austin – East of I35, a photography show by Rama Tiru

A community arts project:

Sculptures of trees by Theatre Action Project’s afterschool students, www.theatreactionproject.org

Audience responses to Natalie Marlena Goodnow’s one-woman play Muntu

Opening Reception

A satellite event of Austin Earth Day, www.austinearthday.com

Saturday, April 18, 2009

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

7:30 pm Muntu

written and performed by Natalie Marlena

of Goodnow Productions and Teatro Vivo www.nataliemarlena.com, www.teatrovivo.org

Contact: Natalie Marlena, (512) 694-6691

8:15 pm Artist talk by Rama Tiru

www.tirugallery.com

Contact: Rama Tiru, (512) 773-6684

9:00 pm Dance Music with Evan

Refreshments provided at all events.

Muntu: Reflections in East Austin is organized and co-sponsored by Space12, PODER, Tiru Galleries, and Goodnow Productions, and made possible by a grant from Humanities Texas. For general questions about the exhibit, or about Theatre Action Project’s involvement, please contact Project Director Natalie Marlena Goodnow at (512) 694-6691. For questions regarding specific events, please see the contacts listed above.